At long last, the Classification & Gradation Chart has been approved by the Technical Standards Committee (TSC) for the First Independent Church of Scientology (FICofS). To see the full sized pdf, Click here. Feel free to give your thoughts, criticism and praise in the comments below. And now to catch up. Breaking the Church Monopoly The church did not respond to the FICofS request for a license to use Scientolo

Another milestone toward the establishment of the First Independent Church of Scientology (FICS) has occurred. It has been granted tax exemption under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). See the Official Notice. Distinction With Religious Liberty League To remind our readers, Religious Liberty League (RLL) fashions itself to be the Department 20 for the “Religion” of Scientology. That is, RLL’s main mission is t

We are happy to finally report that we have completed a major milestone in our march toward breaking the Church of Scientology’s monopoly over the religion of Scientology! Legal Research Project Done Our team of legal experts completed an exhaustive research project we had commissioned for the purpose of determining the best way to proceed with the First Independent Church of Scientology and its objective to practice

Our readers may have missed a recent smackdown of Tony Ortega by Dani Lemberger, the head of Dror Center, a Scientology organization that broke away from the church in 2012. We did. But it is an important event in the independent field, for it illustrates a paradigm shift in the movement. Namely, the separation of pro-LRH, pro-Scientologists from the haters and black propagandists who had, by stealth and sophisticate

On November 12, 2015, an application for trademark for the name First Independent Church of Scientology was filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. On or about the same date, the name was reserved by the California Secretary of State for use within sixty (60) days as a nonprofit religious corporation, and when the 60-day period expired, the name was reserved for a second 60-day period. Both filings we

Why can’t the major media and critics of Scientology see the difference between a religious philosophy and the abuses of an institution acting in the name of the religion? They can, and do, for other religions. Seems simple to do so. A high IQ is not required. Example: Islam. A peaceful religion. It ushered in great advances in mathematics and science. Its members boast of its benefits. Yet bad things have been d

The best way to practice Scientology is to do so openly… as a religion. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution recognizes the inalienable right to freely practice one’s religion and prohibits the government from establishing (or favoring) one religion over another. The scriptures for the Scientology religion are the writings and lectures of L. Ron Hubbard on the subject. Because Scientology by de

The Religious Liberty League can be viewed as the Department 20 for the “religion” of Scientology as opposed to the “church” or “churches” of Scientology. For those familiar with Scientology organizations, Department 20 of the Church of Scientology International is the Office of Special Affairs (OSA), which oversees the external affairs of the church, among them: Public Relations,

There is a difference between the “religion” of Scientology and the “church” of Scientology. LRH highlighted this distinction in his estate plan and created a safeguard in Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) in case the church drifted out of alignment with the religion of Scientology. Here is how he defined the terms: “‘Church of Scientology’ shall mean both those organizations and that group of or